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Friday, June 15, 2012

Yes, you CAN have Peanut Butter!

Guilt-free peanut butter. I have
my friend Gloria to thank for this one (THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU). This is a same girl who introduced me to
Arctic Zero and Amy’s organic frozen foods – both very tasty, very healthy,
foodie revelations.

This is the best one yet.

PB2 is literally powdered peanut butter. Roasted peanuts get pressed until almost all
the fat and oil squishes away. You then
take the remaining fluffy powder and add water, watching as it magically
reconstitutes into the exact same creamy consistency as normal peanut
butter. It has a great roasted peanut
flavor and is lightly sweet. It’s a
little bit texturally grainy but not in a bad way, it just tastes like it’s got
tiny peanut pieces in it – which, it does.
Think of crunchy PB with a very fine grain.

Allow me to point out the important differences though, comparing it to
the brand I normally buy: Jif Reduced Fat Creamy PB.

Jif Serving Size: Two
tablespoons

PB2 Serving Size: Two tablespoons

Jif Calories Per Serving: 190

PB2 Calories Per Serving: 45

Jif Fat Per Serving: 12 grams

PB2 Fat Per Serving: 1.5 grams

Jif Sugar Per Serving: 4 grams

PB2 Sugar Per Serving: 1 gram

Jif Sodium Per Serving: 220 mg.

PB2 Sodium Per Serving: 94 mg.

Jif Protein Per Serving: 7
grams

PB2 Protein Per Serving: 5
grams

The only place where you lose something good is the protein factor,
it’s slightly less than what’s in normal peanut butter – other than that this
stuff is made of win on every level.

I haven’t located a local store carrying it yet, I ordered it from
Amazon here. It seems like the sort of
thing that Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods would pick up, but I haven’t had the chance
to check so far. Here’s hoping because
paying shipping is the only down side.

I’ve always loved peanut butter, but recently I’ve been barely brushing
the tiniest taste of it over my bread because I knew what a fatty disaster it
was. Today, I whipped up an entire
serving of this stuff and smeared it decadently all over my toast. I felt not even the slightest twinge of
hesitation in eating it, I simply enjoyed.